A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher have never met in person, but they share a prominent pandemic bond.
Plagued by eerily similar symptoms, the three women are credited with describing, naming and helping bring long Covid into the public’s consciousness in early 2020.
Women are also much more likely than men to have autoimmune diseases, where the body mistakenly attacks its own healthy cells. Some scientists believe long Covid could result from an autoimmune response triggered by the virus. It may thus be no coincidence that it was three women who helped shine the first light on long Covid.
Inflammation caused by coronavirus infection can activate herpes viruses, which remain in the body after causing an acute infection, said Dr. Timothy Henrich, a virus expert at the University of California, San Francisco. Some scientists also believe that Epstein-Barr triggers chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition that bears many similarities to long Covid, but that also is unproven.Obesity is a risk factor for severe Covid-19 infections and scientists are trying to understand why.
Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are studying leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells that can influence the body’s immune response and promote inflammation.
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